New Delhi: The assembly election in Bihar will be held in two phases on 6 and 11

November, the Election Commission of India announced Monday. The counting of votes will be conducted on 14 November.

Addressing a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said Bihar now has 7.42 crore voters, including 14 lakh first-time voters.

This comes in the backdrop of a massive political row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Opposition has dubbed the exercise “vote chori ”, while the BJP has targeted the Opposition for allowing “infiltrators”, termed as “ ghuspetiyas ”, to vote. Show Full Article

After the deletion of nearly 50 lakh names in the controversial exercise, there are 7.42 crore electors now, reflecting a decline of roughl

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